HAWAIIAN GARDENS — Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies locked down a portion of the city Thursday afternoon following a deputy-involved shooting at two locations near a middle school and Bloomfield Park.

Two suspects were wounded, though it wasn’t clear if they were hit by gunfire or sustained injuries some other way, and they were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Grubb said.

Deputies at the scene said the incident began with the pursuit of two possible armed robbery suspects who were spotted by investigators working in the area at about 3:20 p.m.

An ambulance was also called in for a woman who suffered an asthma attack amid the chaos, deputies at the scene said.

They also noted that the suspects’ vehicle struck a Sheriff’s department vehicle, though they said the deputies inside the black-and-white were not hurt.

No innocent bystanders were hit by gunfire, deputies said.

The Sheriff’s Department, with the help of the Long Beach Police Department, locked down a section of the city, including a residential area from 214th Street to Carson Street and from Juan Avenue to Norwalk Boulevard for several hours Thursday.

Also locked down was Bloomfield Park and Fedde Middle School, 21409 South Elaine Ave.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide detectives were called in to investigate the deputy-involved shooting, per department policy. The incident will also be reviewed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, authorities said.

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